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This issue features Dublin’s iconic and beloved landmark, the Ha’penny Bridge. The bridge, which was built in 1816 and entered its third century of service to the people of Dublin last year, was the very first pedestrian bridge to cross the Liffey and connect the north and south of Dublin City.

The Ha'Penny bridge is 43 metres (141 feet) long and 3.66 metres (12 feet) wide, with an estimated 30,000 people crossing the footbridge daily. For 184 years it was the city’s only pedestrian bridge across the Liffey.

The bridge’s famous name comes from the cost of crossing the bridge, half a penny or “ha’penny.” The toll was put in place for pedestrians and was meant to make up the difference from citizens previously having to use ferries to cross the river.